跟踪导练（二）（2）

A

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Dental Assistant

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●High school graduate in the US， Dental Assisting Certification， X-ray license， 2 years of experience.

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1. Which position does not need working experience？

A. Housekeeper. B. Dental Assistant.

C. Truck Driver. D. Life Insurance Agents.

2. How is Housekeeper different from the other three positions？

A. It is a part-time job.

B. It provides training.

C. It needs a car of ones own.

D. It requires a housekeepers license.

3. Which number should you call if you like to drive lorry on the road？

A. 256 883-4598. B. 485 353-2351.

C. 888 713-6020. D. 256 882-4800.

4. What kind of dental assistant does Dentistry Office need？

A. One with a university diploma.

B. One who can work on Sundays.

C. One able to speak fluent Spanish.

D. One who must be an American citizen.

B

As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information， are people remembering less？ If you know your computer will save information， why store it in your own personal memory， your brain？ Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.

In a recent study， Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments. She and her research team wanted to know how the Internet is changing memory. In the first experiment， they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. The first group of people understood that the computer would save the information. The second group understood that the computer would not save it. Later， the second group remembered the information better. People in the first group knew they could find the information again， so they did not try to remember it.

In another experiment， the researchers gave people facts to remember， and told them where to find the information on the computer. The information was in a specific computer folder. Surprisingly， people later remembered the folder location better than the facts. When people use the Internet， they do not remember the information. Rather， they remember how to find it. This is called “transactive memory （交互記忆）”.

According to Sparrow， we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the Internet. Instead， computer users are developing stronger transactive memories： that is， people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access it at a later date. This doesnt mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent， but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.

5. Why does the passage begin with two questions？

A. To introduce the main topic.

B. To show the authors attitude.

C. To describe how to use the Internet.

D. To explain how to store information.

6. What can we learn about the first experiment？

A. The two groups remembered the information equally well.

B. The first group did not try to understand the information.

C. Sparrows team typed the information into a computer.

D. The second group did not understand the information.

7. In transactive memory， people ___ .

A. keep the information in mind

B. change the quantity of information

C. organize information like a computer